Line #8 Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E1ElementarySchoolMusical


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3	Lisa gets in touch with her inner hipster after going to a music camp. Krusty is nominated for a Nobel Prize but it's actually a way to get him on the International Court of Justice.
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6	* AccidentalHero: Krusty refused to play in Apartheid-era South Africa after the venue didn't meet his requirements. Apparently this was the last straw that led to the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. Bart uses a video of this to successfully argue that Krusty has had a positive impact on Western culture, sparing him from prison.
7	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: While looking for evidence that Krusty made a cultural contribution, Homer and Bart find a video of ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'' with a blackboard. The blackboard has the phrase "Gus got gas and the guy got gum".
8	* AdolfHitlarious: A Dutch clock tower has two dolls hitting a [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler-shaped doll]] with hammers.
9	* AdvertisedExtra: The ''Series/{{Glee}}'' {{Guest Star}}s were heavily built up in the promos for this episode, but only really appear in a minor role in the first act.
10	* BoastfulRap: Kurt and Ethan (and Stephen Hawking, [[ItMakesSenseInContext and a cow]]) perform one at art camp about how "amazing" artists are. Subverted when it turns out none of the boasts were actually true, and they were just trying to impress Lisa.
11	* DarkReprise: While Lisa is at art camp, Kurt and Ethan perform a BoastfulRap about how great it is being an artist. When she discovers they were lying about [[StarvingArtist how glamorous their lives as artists are]], they perform a slowed-down ballad version that admits the truth.
12	* GuestStar: ''Series/{{Glee}}'' performers Creator/LeaMichele, Creator/CoryMonteith and Creator/AmberRiley appear as themselves at the art camp Lisa goes to. [[Music/FlightOfTheConchords Bret and Jemaine]] play the counselors, while Creator/StephenHawking makes a brief cameo during their BoastfulRap.
13	-->'''Stephen Hawking''': Yes. Break it down. [''spins in his wheelchair''] A brief history of rhyme.
14	* HypocriticalHumor: Right after telling Krusty that Europeans don't use the prefix "Euro" in everything, the judge orders Euro-guards to use Euro-cuffs on him. Furthermore, the Euro-cuffs do look like the symbol for the Euro currency.
15	* PlagiarismInFiction: Krusty is lured into the Netherlands where he can be prosecuted for stealing jokes from a Dutch clown.
16	* SensitiveArtist: PlayedForLaughs when Kurt and Ethan admit to Lisa via DarkReprise that being an artist is nowhere near as glamorous as they'd hyped it up to be.
17	-->'''Kurt''': [''singing''] Artists make a living dressing up like falafel.
18	-->'''Ethan''': [''singing''] Artists shed a tear when they're called something awful.
19	-->'''Passerby''': You ain't no falafel!
20	-->[''Ethan sheds a single tear'']
21	* ShoutOut: The title is obviously referencing ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''.
22	* StarvingArtist: Being an artist might seem like a glamorous career, but it is not an easy one. Nor is it one where you're always going to succeed. Kurt and Ethan are forced to work a low-paying job to make ends meet.
23	* StealingFromTheTill: Kurt and Ethan work at a Subway {{expy}} from which they're implied to regularly steal tomatoes and other sandwich fillings, [[StarvingArtist as they apparently don't make enough money to eat properly]].
24	* TooDumbToLive: While in jail, Krusty sings about having to become a prison snitch to get out and the fellow inmates who hear him beat him up.
25	* TrickedIntoAnotherJurisdiction: The Springfieldians are astounded by the announcement "live from Stockholm" that Krusty the Clown has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Krusty subsequently boards a plane to Oslo for the award ceremony, but to his surprise the plane lands in The Hague in the Netherlands. A Dutch policeman then reveals that Krusty is to be arrested and tried at the International Court of Justice for his manyfold crimes in Europe (such as dropping a monkey from the Eiffel tower, "aggravated hey-hey" in Greece, and stealing the jokes of a Dutch clown); the Nobel Prize was only a ruse to lure Krusty to Europe.

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